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Season 5

June Lockhart and Hugh Reilly take over the roles of Timmy's parents in the first episode of fifth season.

Todd Ferrell (playing "Boomer" Bates) replaces Kelly Junge, Jr (Scott Richards) as Timmy's chum. Boomer was a chubby boy and it's believed his inclusion in the cast was an attempt to recreate the Jeff and Porky relationship. Boomer however wasn't popular and the character was dropped at the end of the season. In the following seasons, a semi-regular group of boys played Timmy's friends, including Richard Correll and Steven Talbot (both once semi-regulars on Leave It to Beaver), Flip Mark, and Eddie Little.

The farm gets a bit of "nip and tuck" for the fifth season: the house is painted white and the door in the hallway leading to the cellar becomes a window. Paul gets a new truck and the stove and the cabinet in the kitchen trade places.

It was also during this season that the music that most people associate with Lassie began, including the famous "whistle" theme. Although the credits indicate that the music was done by "Sid Sidney," Jon Burlingame's book TV's Greatest Hits indicates that the composer was Les Baxter. Baxter's score was highly detailed—each situation had its own theme music, to the point where you could tell what action was happening on the screen by simply listening to the music.

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